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Antioxidant supplementation can boost growth and meat quality

2015-04-01 16:55:09| National Hog Farmer

Diets containing oxidized fats severely and negatively impact swine growth, carcass quality and oxidative stress. Recently, researchers at Virginia Tech, in conjunction with Novus, conducted a study to evaluate how adding a dietary antioxidant affects growth and meat quality. In general, they found the inclusion of AGRADO Plus feed ingredient in swine diets, with its proprietary blend of antioxidants, counter-balanced several of the negative effects of feeding fatty acids by alleviating oxidative stress. read more

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